By Gerald Businge on March 26, 2011
National Development Plan, poverty in Uganda, Privatisation Uganda, Unemployment Uganda, Universal Primary Education, Universal Secondary Education
Business & Finance, Business news, Featured, Latest Uganda News, Media Gallery, Misc
The Privatisation process has been hailed as a big success and for being the main force behind Uganda’s striking economic growth figures. Privatisation, we are told increases economic growth, reduces poverty especially by increasing employment opportunities. However, Economics experts from the Social Development Sector (SDS) from different government departments especially the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development have expressed […]
By Gerald Businge on March 26, 2011
Education, Education news, Featured, Media Gallery
If tears could bring some one an education, Elizabeth Mbabazi would be in school now. Mbabazi 17, finished her senior four last year, but she has failed to get money to continue to A’ level. “She cries and cries everyday. I have told her I can’t raise any money to take her back to school. Now she has finished two […]
By Gerald Businge on March 25, 2011
Latest Uganda News, Media Gallery, Politics
High Court in Kampala has dismissed an election recount petition filed by James Makumbi against the victory of Jerome Kaddu Mukasa in the Mityana North parliamentary seat. Makumbi says Mukasa won the February 18th 2011 elections through a wrong process by the Electoral Commission who did not properly count the votes from all polling stations. […]
By Gerald Businge on March 24, 2011
eye care Uganda, Lions Club Uganda, sight disease treatment diseases, Wilson Tumwine
Health, Latest Uganda News, Media Gallery
The Lions Club of Uganda has offered free treatment to patients of sight related diseases in Masaka district and the surrounding areas. While launching the treatment at Masaka referral hospital the Club’s governor for Uganda and Tanzania Wilson Tumwiine said the program will cost 200 million shillings. Tumwine says they have found many cases of […]
By Gerald Businge on March 24, 2011
Libya crisis, military intervention in Libya, Pan African parliament urges
Latest Uganda News, Media Gallery, Politics
The Pan-African parliament has asked the Western countries not to intervene in the Libyan strife with intentions of ousting President Col. Maumar Gadafi. Addressing journalists in Kampala on Wednesday, the deputy Chairperson of the Organization Mary Mugyenyi said the mediation of the Western countries (America Britain and France) is necessary if their intention is to […]
By Gerald Businge on March 15, 2011
CNOOC Uganda, Heritage Oil and Gas, oil in Uganda, Total Uganda, Tullow oil Uganda, Uganda oil industry, Uganda oil tax dispute
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Oil prospecting giant in Uganda, Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has announced that they have solved the long standing tax dispute with the government of Uganda that had put their oil development plans in Uganda on hold. The UK based Oil Company said in a statement on Tuesday that it has today signed a Memorandum of […]
By Gerald Businge on March 15, 2011
Elijah Kitaka, Gmail to phone sms service, Google Uganda, PC-chat-to-mobile-text service
Business & Finance, Business news, ICTs, Latest Uganda News, Media Gallery, Science & Technology
Gmail users in Uganda now have the opportunity of sending free chat messages to mobile phones of people they want to communicate with and get back a reply, right in their Gmail chat interface, Online Technology giants Google on Tuesday announced the Gmail-to-SMS which will allow allows Gmail users in the country to send and […]
By Gerald Businge on March 15, 2011
affirmative action for women, DemGroup, Democracy Monitoring Group, Jacqueline Arinaitwe-Mugisha, uganda political parties, Uganda women involvement in politics, women politicians Uganda
Media Gallery, Politics
On 18th February 2011, Ugandans participated in a second general election to elect the next president under the mult party dispensation. The electoral process leading to this general election is multifaceted with different levels of activities to be accomplished prior to election. In this piece we examine how men and women have faired under selected […]
By Gerald Businge on March 15, 2011
Humour articles, love stories, trials of love
Media Gallery, Society & Leisure, WeInformers Blogs
A village drunkard would always sing; what I have eaten is the one that belongs to me. Because of that, we begun calling him akunareire-meaning what I have already eaten. I did not know his song carried some meaning until I received a wedding invitation from a lady for whom I had ‘given up my […]
By Gerald Businge on March 15, 2011
Abstinence, Aids Information Center, Be faithful, Condom issues, Uganda AIDS Commission, Uganda Aids Success, Uganda’s fight against HIV/AIDS
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After years, in fact decades of operations against HIV/AIDS, where have we reached and what have we learned in efforts to prevent infection and curtail the impacts of HIV/AIDS on our communities? Gerald Businge writes that about the successes and challenges in Uganda and the need for fresh thinking in face of a growing HIV positive population and stagnant infection rates.
